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The meaning of Gammons

Gammons – definition

noun

Ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon.

Usage examples:

I ate a plateful of gammon, eggs, and chips
noun

A victory in backgammon (carrying a double score) in which the winner removes all their pieces before the loser has removed any.

Usage examples:

Earlier we mentioned briefly the possibility of gammons and backgammons, where the winner wins twic…
noun

Nonsense; rubbish.

Usage examples:

‘that's gammon,’ he said, ‘how much real money did you stump up?’
noun

A middle-aged or older white man with conservative, traditionalist views, stereotypically characterized as having a red or flushed complexion.

Usage examples:

They had a discussion with some gammon who thinks climate change is a lie
verb

Defeat (an opponent) with a gammon.

Usage examples:

I now roll a real caffeine-rush, high-velocity 5-5, closing him out, and gammoning him for the match.
verb

Hoax or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

You're gammoning me!

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Word origin

early 18th century: origin uncertain; the term was first used as criminals' slang in give gammon to ‘give cover to a pickpocket’ and keep in gammon ‘distract a victim for a pickpocket’.

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Gammons – similar words

gammoning

verb

Defeat (an opponent) with a gammon.

Usage examples:

I now roll a real caffeine-rush, high-velocity 5-5, closing him out, and gammoning him for the match.
verb

Hoax or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

You're gammoning me!
noun

Ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon.

Usage examples:

I ate a plateful of gammon, eggs, and chips
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gammoners

noun

A person who talks volubly or flatteringly, especially so as to deceive or cajole another into a particular course of action.

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gammoner

noun

A person who talks volubly or flatteringly, especially so as to deceive or cajole another into a particular course of action.

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gammoned

verb

Defeat (an opponent) with a gammon.

Usage examples:

I now roll a real caffeine-rush, high-velocity 5-5, closing him out, and gammoning him for the match.
verb

Hoax or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

You're gammoning me!
noun

Ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon.

Usage examples:

I ate a plateful of gammon, eggs, and chips
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gammon

noun

Ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon.

Usage examples:

I ate a plateful of gammon, eggs, and chips
verb

Defeat (an opponent) with a gammon.

Usage examples:

I now roll a real caffeine-rush, high-velocity 5-5, closing him out, and gammoning him for the match.
verb

Hoax or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

You're gammoning me!
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